.let's play catch up.

Ok, since I'm WAAAAYYY behind on the blog, I decided I would write one that would do a catch-up for the last half of April.  

January 2, 2010:  So this picture is a few months old...but it was Kaiya's first time at a wedding.  We went to Aunty Denise and Uncle Enoka Karratti's wedding back on January 2nd at Kilohana.  It was beautiful and mommy got a chance to catch up with a lot of OSU friends since her and Aunty Denise both went there after high school.  We had a great time, ate good food and are so happy for the Karratti's.  Hopefully they'll hurry up and give Kaiya a little playmate soon.  :)

April 20, 2010: Kaiya's legs continue to get stronger every day.  She's now able to stand while holding onto things, but she doesn't actually pull herself up yet.  But she's all about making her legs straight whenever she gets the chance!

She also LOVES to look at the cute baby in the mirror.  I read that babies don't recognize that it's their reflection in mirrors until they're about 2 or so...but Kaiya gets really excited whenever she we put her in front of a mirror.  She must be thinking...that baby is sooooo cute.  hahaha!  So whenever mommy is getting ready and doing her makeup or hair, all she has to do is put Kaiya in front of the mirror and she'll just sit there and play and be entertained the entire time.  So awesome!

April 23, 2010:  It's been over four months since we first pierced Kaiya's ears and daddy has been itching to change them.  So he put in her birthstone earrings that she got from Kaytin and Caleb for Christmas.  I believe they're sapphires.  I love her earrings and I'm so glad that we pierced them...I just hope that they don't end up being crooked as she continues to grow.  

We went to the place where we pierced her ears to see what other kinds of earrings there were for future reference...we looked at the piercing earrings since they have a backing that covers the entire end of the post so it doesn't poke Kaiya when she's sleeping.  On the way out, we spotted some mini jade bracelets, so Kaiya walked out with a little one and she looked so cute in it...it also hides her wrist fold.  :)

Here she is crawling all over the place...she crawls with her belly off of the ground now!

April 24, 2010:  KIUC, where Grandma Barbara works, was participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.  It's a charity walk where people walk throughout the night, and there's a special luminaria lighting to remember those affected with cancer.  It's really touching because the first lap is done by all of the survivors and those currently fighting cancer.  The second lap, the caregivers join in.  Mommy tears up every time!  Daddy was off, too, so we went as a family...joining Grandma Barbara and Papa Harry, and Aunty Dawn, Uncle Wes, Kaytin and Caleb.  Kaiya kicked it in her BOB stroller and we all did a few laps and checked out the other booths.  KIUC provided dinner also.  It was such a fun night and I can't wait until Kaiya gets older so we can teach her the importance of these types of events!  

April 26, 2010:  Mommy and daddy have been taking Kaiya, Foxxy and Lennox out on walks a few mornings out of the week.  It's good exercise, nice to be outside, and all of us enjoy walking together.  Sometimes, Aunty Dawn, Caleb and Koge join us too.  It's been kind of rainy lately, so whenever it's nice we take advantage of it.  It still hasn't seem to calmed down the dogs, though, like The Dog Whisperer says it should.  (Maybe it's because it's not a set schedule, though).  However, they are better walking on the leash than they were when we lived in Vegas.  The route we walk has a bunch of barking dogs, sometimes it affects them sometimes it doesn't.  But they never want to charge them or anyone that crosses our path.  Whew!!!  Daddy walks Foxxy, since she's so heavy and strong, and Lennox walks alongside Kaiya while mommy pushes her in the stroller.  

Anyway, one morning after our walk, mommy, daddy and Aunty Dawn sat down in the kitchen to eat some breakfast.  And we noticed that Kaiya was a little sleepy.  She usually naps during the walk, but for some reason this time she didn't.  The next thing we knew, we looked over at her in her highchair and she was fast asleep.  Luckily, the highchair seat has a recline so we let her nap in there for a few minutes while we all finished up our post-walk snacks.  

So that sums up pretty much the end of April.  I've been slacking on taking pictures of outings and what not.  But now that I'm catching up on posts I'll be sure to take more photos and post regularly again.  We hope everyone who reads this is doing well and enjoying the blog!

.funny face tuesday: 13apr10.

Here's Kaiya...back in action.  Enjoy the lovely faces of Kaiya...if you could only hear her while she's taking these pictures.

Carrot Nose

Cheekies!!

Arghhhh!!!

And for fun...here's some pics of Kaiya and Caleb....

Yasu (our nickname for Caleb) helping feed Kaiya snacks

Look Kaiya!!

.happy malasada day.

while a bunch of people are out celebrating fat tuesday and preparing for lent, we decided to honor the portuguese and celebrate malasada day!  the reasoning behind malasada day, according the garden island (kauai's newspaper), is the portuguese, who were predominantly catholic, wanted to use up all of their butter and sugar in preparation for lent.  so they prepared malasada's to share with the rest of the community.  how nice of them!

kaiya is a wee bit too young to indulge in the malasada's mommy and daddy got for the family...but she eyed them up and down and stared intently at us while we certainly enjoyed them.  next year kaiya, next year.

here's kaiya looking to see if we left her a malasada in her snack tray...

no luck.

.superbowl xviv.

so not only was sunday, february 7, 2010 kaiya's first superbowl experience...but it was also daddy's 29th birthday.  and luckily, he had a three day weekend!  our superbowl party was very small, with just papa harry and grandma barbara coming over.  daddy made london broil, aunty dawn made corned beef, grandma barbara made 7-layer dip and also brought some sushi over.  we had a variety of breads and stuffed ourselves silly with sandwiches, sushi, and chips.

nobody's favorite team actually made it to the superbowl...so we were all just kind of cheering for whoever.  daddy was cheering for the saints because he likes reggie bush, and mommy was cheering for the saints because she likes 'keeping up with the kardashians' and reggie bush is kim's bf.  lol...what a great way to pick a team mommy.

here's some photos of kaiya and her cousins enjoying the superbowl.

.exersaucing.

kaiya’s latest toy adventure is her new evenflo exersaucer walk-around.  the walk-around helps baby reach 10 developmental milestones: tactile development, visual development, object permanence, hand-eye coordination, music development, gross motor skills, object exploration, cause & effect learning, and self-awareness.  so far, she seems to like it.  she’s entertained by it for 30 minutes or so.  she loves the mirror and this bee toy that you pull and it sucks back in while making a buzzing noise.  she hasn’t quite figured how to play with the toys by herself yet.  her arms may be too short at the moment also.  but she seems to love the fact that she can “sit” and “stand” like a big girl.

here's a video of kaiya playing in her new exersaucer.  sorry for the shaking…

not only kaiya sparked interest in her new exersaucer.  her cousin caleb was very anxious to try it out as well.  he tried several times to climb into the seat WITH her in it already…but his plan was foiled by myself, eric and dawn.  so…when kaiya was all done with it, he thoroughly enjoyed himself in some exersaucing fun.

.checking out her new bee friend.

.oooohhh.

.chubby chickee legs.

.cutie pie.

.cheeeeesse.

.caleb enjoying his turn.